Growing up in the central coastal region of California, I gained exposure, at an early age, to the art colonies and galleries of Big Sur, Carmel, and San Francisco. As a teenager I explored the colony of Artists, Writers, and Musicians living in the houseboats along the waterfront of Sausalito. It was on one of those houseboats, shared by Alan Watts, and a sculptor named Bardo, that I first decided I wanted to be an artist. Watching the creative process as Bardo built his monumental sculptures made of found objects such as discarded cable spools, rusty machine parts, and old cans of house paint, I was struck by the feeling that this was the most natural way for a man to live. It was during those years that I began to take creative art workshops from local artists, and artisans.
Formal Art Training:
Santa Clara University, West Valley College, Mission College, Private Workshops, Independent Studies.
As a student, I was involved in ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, abstract and representational painting, photography, commercial art, advertising design, and art history.
I have done intense independent studies of : The Impressionists and their evolutionary, descendants, with a special emphasis on Cezanne. The Abstract Expressionists of the New York School. The California plein air painters.
Having grown up in San Luis Obispo, King City and Los Gatos in the ‘50’s & 60’s, the California coastal landscape became an integral part of who I am. Recalling the sense memories of those environs of my youth has been a driving force in my attempts to capture a timeless essence in my landscapes.
In addition to the inspiration of my native California, travels throughout the United States and Europe have given me the opportunity to capture that same essence from the experiences
I am driven to express my interpretation of the world around me, filtered through my own esthetic sensibility.
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For more information, contact Murray
by email: mcblur@earthlink.net
Visit his Web site at www.murraywagnon.com
Murray is also a member of the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association
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